2018 No. 1405
Exiting The European Union
Environmental Protection

The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Sift requirements satisfied
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 2

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—

  1. (a)

    section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1;

  2. (b)

    section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 M2.

The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to persistent organic pollutants M3.

The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.

PART 1Introductory

Citation1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 in force at 21.1.2019, see reg. 2(1)

Commencement2.

(1)

This Part and Part 2 come into force on 21st January 2019.

(2)

Parts 3 and 4 come into force on exit day.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I2Reg. 2 in force at 21.1.2019, see reg. 2(1)

PART 2Amendments to subordinate legislation under section 2(2) of the ECA 1972

Amendments to POPR 20073.

The Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulations 2007 M4 are amended in accordance with regulations 4 and 5 (also see Part 3).

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I3Reg. 3 in force at 21.1.2019, see reg. 2(1)

Marginal Citations

M4S.I. 2007/3106, amended by S.I. 2010/675, 2012/360, 2013/755 (W. 90), 2016/1154; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

Amendment to regulation 34.

In regulation 3(1)(b), for “the Environment” substitute “ Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs ”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I4Reg. 4 in force at 21.1.2019, see reg. 2(1)

Amendment to regulation 95.

In regulation 9(2)(b), for “the Environment” substitute “ Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs ”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I5Reg. 5 in force at 21.1.2019, see reg. 2(1)

F1PART 3Amendments to subordinate legislation under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

Amendments to POPR 2007F16.

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Amendments to regulation 3F17.

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Omission of regulation 4F18.

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F2PART 4Amendments to retained direct EU legislation

Amendments to EU POP RegulationF29.

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Amendments to Article 2F210.

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Amendments to Article 3F211.

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Amendments to Article 4F212.

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Amendments to Article 5F213.

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Amendments to Article 6F214.

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Amendments to Article 7F215.

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Amendments to Article 8F216.

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Amendments to Article 9F217.

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Amendments to Article 10F218.

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Amendment to Article 11F219.

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Amendments to Article 12F220.

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Omission of Article 13F221.

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Omission of Article 15F222.

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Omission of Articles 18 and 19F223.

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Omission of text following Article 19F224.

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Amendments to Annex 1F225.

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Amendment to Annex 4F226.

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Amendments to Annex 5F227.

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Thérèse Coffey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by—

  1. (a)

    section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), and

  2. (b)

    section 8(1) of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to, the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular under section 8(2)(a), (b), (c) and (g) which apply to this instrument) arising from the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.

These Regulations make amendments to legislation in the field of environmental protection and, in particular, amend legislation relating to the regulation of persistent organic pollutants. Parts 2 and 3 amend secondary legislation. Part 4 amends other legislation.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.